Anemone parviflora |
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northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower |
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Habit | Sub-glabrous to densely hairy perennial from slender, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Basal leaves several, the blades cordate-reniform, 1.5-3 cm. broad, ternate, the leaflets wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, the lateral pair deeply lobed as well; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves above the midpoint, these simple but deeply tri-lobed. |
Flowers | Flowers single: sepals usually 5, white or bluish tinged, hairy on the outer surface, 10-15 mm. long; petals none; stamens and pistils numerous. |
Fruits | Achenes densely woolly, obovate, 2-2.5 mm. long; style straight, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous. |
Anemone parviflora |
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Flowering time | May-August |
Habitat | Mountain meadows and subalpine stream banks. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, in scattered locations in Utah and Colorado, and also east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern |
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